--- title: Ole-Luk-Oie touched the picture with his magic wand, and immediately… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Ole-Luk-Oie touched the picture with his magic wand, and immediately the birds commenced singing, the branches of the trees rustled, and the clouds moved across the sky, casting their shadows on the landscape beneath them. Who acts: Ole Luk Oie, birds, branches, clouds. 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C. Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ole Luk Oie, birds, branches, clouds), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg27200:134:35 # text = Ole-Luk-Oie touched the picture with his magic wand, and immediately the birds commenced singing, the branches of the trees rustled, and the clouds moved across the sky, casting their shadows on the landscape beneath them. 1 Ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Luk Luk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Oie Oie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 commenced commence VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 19 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 rustled rustle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 across across ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 casting cast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 landscape landscape NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | past | Ole Luk Oie | the picture | | | | with Oie's magic wand | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent picture=Experiencer with wand=Instrument | | 2 | **commence** | past | the birds | | | | | immediately *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the birds *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **rustle** | past | the branches of the trees | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **move** | past | the clouds | | | the sky | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme across sky=Trajectory | | 6 | **cast** | gerund | the clouds *not said here* | pictures's shadows | | the landscape beneath pictures | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shadow=Theme on landscape=Destination | | 7 | **shadow** | | pictures *= picture* | | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/36/) - ↑ back to [Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/)